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The pastors farewell, and wish of welfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermonThe pastors farevvell, and vvish of vvelfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon
The pastors farewell, and wish of welfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon by George Swinnock ...The pastors farevvell, and vvish of vvelfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
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He can keep you from falling two ways.
1. He can deny temptations to you, if he see they will be too hard for you. All have not the same faith, therefore all are not tried in the same fire, He may give a strong purge or vomit to a strong man, but will not to a babe in grace. He knoweth whether the Armour will bow, and if it will, he can prevent the bullet. He is acquainted with the hardiest Soldiers in his Army, and them he will call to the hardest service, Rev. 3.10. When the weather is very bad, he will not venture his sickly child abroad.
1. He can deny temptations to you, if he see they will be too hard for you. All have not the same faith, therefore all are not tryed in the same fire, He may give a strong purge or vomit to a strong man, but wil not to a babe in grace. He knoweth whether the Armour will bow, and if it will, he can prevent the bullet. He is acquainted with the hardiest Souldiers in his Army, and them he will call to the hardest service, Rev. 3.10. When the weather is very bad, he will not venture his sickly child abroad.
2. He can enable you to foil the tempter, Little David in his strength can conquer great Goliath; he kept Josephs soul from being so much as singed (miraculously as the three Children's bodies) by that great fire which his Mistress made to have burnt him. Though the Saint, like Daniel, be cast for his conscience into a Den, there to fight with, and in danger to be devoured by Lyon-like lusts, he can bring him out as safe and as whole as he was cast in. The Gold-smith would not venture his gold in the fire, if he knew it would be consumed by it. Man is no match for Devils, but God over matcheth them.